Mardi Gras Traditions Trivia
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Into what shape is a King Cake traditionally braided to evoke a crown?
Ring
By Louisiana law rooted in 19th-century tradition, what must Mardi Gras float riders wear during parades?
Masks
In Reconstruction-era Louisiana, what official status did the 1875 Mardi Gras Act grant to Fat Tuesday?
Legal holiday
In New Orleans Carnival parades—where spectators yell "Throw me something, mister!"—what are the beads, doubloons, necklaces, and plastic cups tossed from floats collectively called?
Throws
Which New Orleans Mardi Gras krewe is famed for tossing hand-painted coconuts?
Zulu